Deep River dreaming
I’ve written a few times about heading down to Western Australia’s “Great Southern” region. There’s a small bush-shack we stay at. It’s on a property surrounded by national parks, and is far
Waltz
I wrote this piece in active contrast with a lot of the other pieces I’ve written over the past while. It’s a small chamber piece that meanders through what is effectively a
Rondo occidentale
An orchestral track with a slightly western flair. Rondo occidentale by Barry van Oudtshoorn is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. If you’re interested in using any of my
Improvisations
A set of improvised piano pieces. Some of these are in the style of a Satie Gnossienne or Gymnopedie; others, more free-form. Improvisations by Barry van Oudtshoorn are licensed under a Creative
Nocturne
I’ve been rather remiss in updating my blog — so this track appeared on Soundcloud a while ago, but is only now appearing here. An orchestral piece, Nocturne focuses on an oboe/bassoon
Where you were: collected pieces
Where you were by barryvan
[Music] Where you were
This track is a melange of orchestral, trance, dance, and chip. It’s also probably my “loudest” track to date — whilst I haven’t yet managed to put a compressor on the whole
[Music] Unforgot
It’s been far too long since I published a piece of music. Part of the reason for that is that I was, for a while, without a sound-card in my computer —
[Music] Autumn
This piece was a lot of fun to write. It’s in 7/8, with the bar broken into 2/3/2 rather than the more traditional 3/2/2. There’s a severely tortured Irish flute in the
[Music] When you’re asleep
This track is a fusion of orchestral and electronic sounds — a technique which seems to become more and more a part of my idiom. A slowish lead-up to a strong middle